1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/editors/sed.c b/editors/sed.c
index db3171879..912318c04 100644
--- a/editors/sed.c
+++ b/editors/sed.c
@@ -722,9 +722,8 @@ static void print_subst_w_backrefs(const char *line, const char *replace,
                  * fortunately, regmatch[0] contains the indicies to the whole matched
                  * expression (kinda seems like it was designed for just such a
                  * purpose...) */
-                else if (replace[i] == '&' && replace[i - 1] != '\\') {
+                else if (replace[i] == '&') {
                         int j;
-
                         for (j = regmatch[0].rm_so; j < regmatch[0].rm_eo; j++)
                                 pipeputc(line[j]);
                 }